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Pictures I Like-getting caught up August 14, 2011 | Leave a comment In the last 12 days, the War in Afghanistan has affected families close to home, we’ve had swings in the weather between extreme heat and severe storms, OU and OSU started up the football season, students went back to school and grass fires started around the Oklahoma City Metro area. Here’s a couple of... Read More

Rowing on the river August 14, 2011 Staff Photographers covered the USRowing Masters National Championships on the Oklahoma River over the last weekend. You can watch a video of the competition by clicking here, or you can click here to see more images from The Oklahoman’s photography department. Read More

…and a golden Elvis August 09, 2011 I pulled into a parking space in downtown Perry, Oklahoma on Tuesday afternoon after photographing some minor storm damage following severe thunderstorms the night before. In a storefront window a few doors down from the Kumback Cafe, was a collection of Elvis Presley figurines, including a bright gold one that... Read More

Back to school on the southside and elsewhere August 08, 2011 Students in different school districts around the Oklahoma City metro area started school last week. At Santa Fe South Charter High School, students start the year with the Back 2 School Bash. Students and teachers get a chance to talk, look over their class schedules and pick up school uniforms a few days before... Read More

Grassfire claims Edmond homes August 07, 2011 Firefighters tried to save George Reich’s home as it was engulfed in flames on Blackjack Lane, Saturday. They ran into his home only to quickly retreat and on their way out grabbed seven family photographs from the hallway wall. They were the only items saved from the home. I found Reich Sunday morning picking... Read More

Farewell to the summer interns August 05, 2011 This summer three photography students joined The Oklahoman Photo department as interns; Zach Gray, from Oklahoma State, Garett Fisbeck from the University of Central Oklahoma and Ashley R. West from the University of Oklahoma. Friday is their last official day as interns. Here’s a few our favorite images they... Read More

Macro photography-Heat Dome version August 03, 2011 As you’ve read before on Alternate Crop, I’ve been using our “pool” 50mm macro lens, which can focus closer than my 50mm @ 1.8. For the really close pictures like these (except for the fish picture), I take the lens off and hold it up to the lens mount backwards. Focusing is a little more difficult with a... Read More

Komodo Dragons August 02, 2011 Staff Photographer Steve Gooch photographed Komodo Dragons at the Oklahoma City Zoo on Monday. He used an off-camera strobe to light the lizards, while he took the pictures through the glass at the exhibit. Seeing his pictures in the paper this morning reminded me to look back through some of the interesting... Read More

A tribute to ‘The Freakshow’ July 31, 2011 This was going to be Dallas Bulmer’s night. They’d planned it for months. Bulmer’s character Crisstopher “The Freakshow” Crow was supposed to take the spotlight during a cage match at the end of a show by Sooner World Class Wresting. Instead, his friends gathered around the ring for a ten-bell salute as... Read More

A camp without limits July 29, 2011 I take my daughter to gymnastics class every week. As soon as she walks in and sees the equipment and the coaches, she can’t wait to get her shoes off and get into the gym. At first, it was a very different experience for a group of children who visited Mat Trotters Gymnastics in Oklahoma City on Wednesday. The... Read More